Category: Random

Me talkin to myself

  • Last summer, I took a stem cutting from a neighbor’s beautiful climbing white rose, dipped the stem in rooting powder, stuck it in a little soil in a clear plastic takeout container, watered it, put the lid on (key to maintaining the moist environment starts need) and set it in a window. It grew roots…

  • I believe in support for Ukraine. I trust President Volodymyr Zelensky and support his leadership of his country. I stand against Russia’s invasion. I stand against Putin. It’s not enough for me to post a flag and express a sentiment on my blog. If anyone has ideas about how to help muster visual global support…

  • Yesterday, my blog delved into the mysteries of character building in a novel. I went, as I often do to E.M. Forster, who describes it so well in “Aspects of the Novel,” a book published in 1927. My beat-up copy was published in 1955. I think I found it at a used bookstore in the…